Bucket carrying turn post for diggers



0d l3, 1953 D. F. PRzYBYLsKl 2,655,269

BUCKET CARRYING TURN POST FOR DIGGERS Mfg@ Oct. 13, 1953 D. F. PRzYBYLsKl 2,655,269

' BucRx-:T CARRYING TURN PosT FQR DIGGERs Filed Feb. 2e, 1951 2 sheets-sheet 2 A0 z V 3 L a' u /9 7 2 /6 gl' /g /7 25" 23 Patented Oct. 13, 1953 i UNITED STATE BUCKET CARRYING TURN POST FOR DIGGERS Daniel F. Przybylski, Winona, Minn.

Application February 26, 1951, Serial No. 212,774l

1 Claim. l

My present invention relates to improvements in diggers of the bucket and trailer type.

More specically, this invention is for a novel turn post for carrying a bucket and its operating assembly, and for novel means for turning the turn post.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices hereinafter described and dened in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views. l

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of the invention with some parts shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view partly in side ele,- vation and partly in longitudinal central section; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views partly in plan and partly in section taken on the lines 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 2, respectively.

The invention as shown is mounted on a twowheeled trailer fully shown, described and broadly claimed in my copending application filed February 26, 1951, under Serial No. 212,772 and entitled Trailer Type Digger. Of the parts of the trailer shown, it is important to note the axle extension 5; the right-hand wheel 5, the sub-frame 1, and the upright frame 8.

The numeral 9 indicates a turn post, as shown, a pipe, the upper end of which is closed by a cap I0. This turn post 9 is turnably mounted at its lower end portion in a tubular step bearing il rigidly secured at its lower end to a base I2 between the axle extension 5 and the sub-frame 1 and rigidly secured thereto. On the upper end of the step bearing II is a bronze extension thereof I3. A large pulley I4 having a grooved periphery I5 is secured on the turn post 9, rests on the bearing extension I3, and turnably supports the turn post 9 with its lower end out of engagement with the base I2 for free turning movement. The turn post 9 at its upper end portion is turnably mounted in a bearing I6 in the form of a collar. One section of the bearing I6 is rigidly secured to the upper frame 8 at its upper end. Both sections of the bearing I9 have outturned iianges I1 detachably connected by nut-equipped bolts I8.

Fixed on the turn post 9 is an upper pair of laterally spaced ears I9 and a lower pair of laterally spaced ears 20. These pairs of ears i9 and 2|) project outwardly from the turn post 9 in the same vertical plane. The ears I9 are above the bearing I6 and the ears 20 are midway between said bearing and the pulley I4.

A fragment of the rear end portion of a boom 2| that'carries a bucket, not shown, extends between the ears 29, the lower pair, and is attached thereto by a pivot pin 22 for swinging movement in a vertical plane. A fragment of the inner end portion of an upperrram 23 provided for imparting partial movement to the bucket, has

-on its inner end portion a head 24. This head 24 is attached to the upper pair of ears I9 by a universal joint 25 that extends between said ears and is attached thereto by a pivot pin 26. The boom 2| and the ram 23 are part of a bucket yassembly fully shown and described in a copending application filed February 26, 1951, under Serial No. 212,773.

The turn post 9 is turned to swing the bucket by a pair of reversely acting hydraulic rams 21 and 28 anda cable 29.

The cable 29 is secured in the groove I5 ofthe pulley I4 at its intermediate portion by a pair of clamps 30. When the turn post 9 is positioned with the boom 2| longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal center of the trailer, the clamps 30 are at the outermost portion of the pulley I4, see Fig. 2.

The rams 21 and 28 are axially aligned and extend transversely of the sub-frame 1. Each ram 21 and 28 includes a cylinder 3| and a piston 32 having a piston rod 33. These rams 21 and 28 are positioned with their piston rods 33 extending inwardly and said piston rods are connected by a coupling 34. Each cylinder 3| has on its outer end a head 35 that extends between a pair of ears 36 and is attached thereto by a pivot pin 31. The pairs of ears 36 extend upwardly and outwardly of the sub-frame 1 to which they are rigidly secured.

The end sections of the cable 29, 2E!a and 29D extend in opposite directions, each substantially half-way around the pulley I4 where they cross each other and extend in opposite directions outwardly and transversely of the sub-frame 1. The cable section 29a passes around a directional sheave 38 journaled in a bearing bracket 39 rigidly secured to a pair of upstanding laterally spaced plates 4|) rigidly secured on the sub-frame 1 on the left-hand side thereof. The cable section 29b passes around a directional pulley 4| journaled in a bearing bracket 42 rigidly secured to a pair of upstanding laterally spaced plates 43 which in turn are rigidly secured to the subframe 1 on the right-hand side thereof.

The cable sections 29a and 29b from the direc- 3 tional sheaves 38 and 4I, extend inwardly in forwardlyconverging relation. Said cable section 2Ba from the directional sheave 38 passes over a sheave 44 journaled on the coupling 34 at the back thereof and from thence said cable section extends outwardly to the left-hand side of the sub-frame l and is secured thereto by a long eye-bolt 45 by means of a pair of clamps 46. This eye-bolt 4l on the`sub-frame 1 and is adjustably secured thereto by a pair of nuts 48 that impinge opposite'sides of said lug. The cable section 291 rroxn` the directional sheave 4l, passesf over, a` sheavef 49 journaled on the coupling 34 at the front thereof and from thence said cable section eX- tends outwardly to the right-hand side of the sub-frame 'I and has secured thereto a longl eye-bolt 50 by means of a pair of`clamps 5 I, This eye-bolt 50 extends through a hole in an upstanding lug 52 on the sub-frame 'l and is adjustably cable sections 23,Erw and' 29h passing overl said sheaves and thusin turn impart'turning' movement to theturn'post 9. A'ttliis sameltime, theY other cable sections 29e and' 23h will be' wound on the pulley I4.

The drawings illustrate` a comercial' form of the invention, but'A it'will' be understood that the same is capable of certain` modicati'ons. as to details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts within the scope of the invention herein disclosed.

What I claim is:

The combination with a horizontally disposed frame and a large pulley mounted to turn about a vertical axis, of a pair of reversely acting axially aligned horizontally disposed hydraulic rams, each includinga cylinder and af. cooperating piston rod, the piston rodsof'V the" two rams being in opposing relation, a coupling connecting the piston rods at their outer ends, the cylinders being anchored attheir outer ends to the frame, a cable wrapped around the pulley at its intermediate portion with its end portions extending in opposite directions longitudinally of the cylinders,. a. pair of. directional sheaves jointed to turn about vertical axes, and anchored relative to ,theA frame, one inwardly of the outer end of each cylinder, a second pair of directional sheaves,- one on each'. sideA ofthe-coupling and journaledy thereto toy turn. about ahorizontal axis,- the endl portionsl ofthev cables bein'gfV are ranged.. toy run one overV each ofthe first-noted:- directional sheaves andl thence over .one` ofi thel last-noted sheaves, the end portions of thegcable outwardly of the last-noted sheaves extending in opposite directions substantially parallel to the rams and'anchoredto the frame.

DANIEL F. PRZiria-saisie:i;`

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES' PlliIENTS- Pitman -l July 110,. 1951v 

